For one week only (September 10–17, 2020), collect the signed print Apsáalooke Roses (2016) by Wendy Red Star, accompanied by a copy of Aperture #240: "Native America," for only $200, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting Crow’s Shadow Institute for the Arts. Please note: orders will ship by October 15, 2020.
Aperture is pleased to release the Magazine Collector’s Edition of Apsáalooke Roses (2016) by Wendy Red Star, featured in the “Native America” issue of Aperture magazine—guest-edited by the artist. This archival pigment print is a digital reproduction of an original four-color lithograph with laser-cut archival pigment-ink photographs, and made in collaboration with printer Frank Janzen at Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. Proceeds from the sale of this special edition directly support the artist; a portion will also benefit Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts.
“One of my earliest recollections is of my grandmother, Iikua Biluxbakush “Self-Reliant” (Amy Bright Wings Red Star, June 20, 1920–January 16, 2013), sitting at her sewing machine or beading at the table amidst busy family activities. She sewed for her family and the community. She designed traditional Apsáalooke dresses and adorned them with elk teeth and beads. She was widely known for her beautiful rose-appliqued shawls and floral beadwork.
Iikua Biluxbakush was a role model for how to conduct oneself as an Apsáalooke woman. It was through her example that I am able to uphold my cultural traditions and beliefs. I am now a mother, and I strongly desire to give my daughter Beatrice a connection to her community, culture, and history. Apsáalooke Roses symbolizes Crow womanhood and the matrilineal line connecting my daughter and myself to our ancestors. The print depicts portraits of my daughter and myself taken decades apart, at the same age and the same cultural event held on the Crow Reservation, transferring matrilineal knowledge from one generation to the next.”
—Wendy Red Star
Pigment Print
Apsáalooke Roses, 2016
Open edition, available for 7 days only
Paper Size: 5 x 7 inches
Signed by the artist
Wendy Red Star (born in Billings, Montana, 1981) is an Apsáalooke/Crow artist based in Portland, Oregon. She has exhibited recently at the Brooklyn Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; and Saint Louis Art Museum. In 2019, Red Star was a resident at Light Work, Syracuse, New York, and had her first career survey at the Newark Museum, New Jersey. A project by the artist is currently on view at MASS MoCA’s Kidspace gallery.
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts provides a creative conduit for educational, social, and economic opportunities for Native Americans through artistic development. Founded in 1992, it primarily serves the tribal community of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, as well as contemporary Native and Indigenous artists from across North America.